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      12-04-2012, 11:15 AM   #83
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Originally Posted by sl91 View Post
3-Rust appearing on seat and maybe more.
Reason: (may be) BMW buys cheaper steel from eastern europe countries. I don't think that the german #1 steel producer (Thyssen) makes such basic mistakes. Don't forget that ten years before, russian companies did not knew what is a galvanized steel.
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I don't think BMW buys steel from RF. I've read someware - main supplier is ArcelorMittal.

And you are wrong about galvanizing. Check the whole process of making e46, including galvanization (approx 7th minute):

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